Hajar Yazdiha
@profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social
Sociologist at USC. Carnegie Fellow & Harvard Carr Center Racial Justice Fellow. Writer. Thinker. 📚Author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement.
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As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line.
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
JUST IN: This morning, hundreds of baristas have joined our national ULP strike.
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
☕ The solidarity is strong: For every one barista on strike, dozens more allies have shown up in force to back our cause.
Our strike continues to grow in strength and power! #NoContractNoCoffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
As of this morning 4,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. Don’t cross their picket line.
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
No Starbucks. NO Starbucks gift cards!
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Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies
Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
⚡️Coming soon: a special symposium on Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction at 90 organized by @alimeghji.bsky.social & Jose Itzigsohn! Early look at my piece here:
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November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
⚡️Coming soon: a special symposium on Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction at 90 organized by @alimeghji.bsky.social & Jose Itzigsohn! Early look at my piece here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Check out this new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History focused on "Immigration and Citizenship" edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social:
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Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective
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October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Check out this new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History focused on "Immigration and Citizenship" edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social:
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
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USC IS OUT!
Let me tell y'all, the emergency meetings that got called yesterday and today...
dailytrojan.com/2025/10/16/u...
Let me tell y'all, the emergency meetings that got called yesterday and today...
dailytrojan.com/2025/10/16/u...
USC declines Trump administration compact - Daily Trojan
The University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University have also declined the compact which was sent to nine colleges Oct. 1.
dailytrojan.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
USC IS OUT!
Let me tell y'all, the emergency meetings that got called yesterday and today...
dailytrojan.com/2025/10/16/u...
Let me tell y'all, the emergency meetings that got called yesterday and today...
dailytrojan.com/2025/10/16/u...
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...
STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...
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🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨
October 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨
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This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.
Amplify amplify amplify please.
Amplify amplify amplify please.
@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.
October 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.
Amplify amplify amplify please.
Amplify amplify amplify please.
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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Speaking as someone with experience: stuff like this reveals both a) how pissed off sources are and b) who the respected reporters are among people who know their stuff, who may not be at the outlets you expect!!
three generals/admirals?? talking to the Intercept??? bsky.app/profile/tank...
"Three different defense officials who spoke with The Intercept called Trump’s speech “embarrassing.” … One called Hegseth’s address “garbage,”... Another said: “We are diminished as a nation by both Hegseth and Trump.”
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Speaking as someone with experience: stuff like this reveals both a) how pissed off sources are and b) who the respected reporters are among people who know their stuff, who may not be at the outlets you expect!!
📌 Join us online 10/21 to reflect on the legacy of Black Altadena and the devastating aftermath of the Eaton Fire: bit.ly/AltadenaVoicesWebinar
Hosted by USC’s Black Studies Center & Equity Research Institute.
Hosted by USC’s Black Studies Center & Equity Research Institute.
September 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
📌 Join us online 10/21 to reflect on the legacy of Black Altadena and the devastating aftermath of the Eaton Fire: bit.ly/AltadenaVoicesWebinar
Hosted by USC’s Black Studies Center & Equity Research Institute.
Hosted by USC’s Black Studies Center & Equity Research Institute.
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In the authoritarian playbook, rewriting collective memory is just this critical strategy for controlling the masses," Hajar Yazdiha..."
#Pinks
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#Pinks
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Fresh discoveries are rewriting U.S. history amid backlash from conservatives
A new generation of historians have produced works challenging old myths
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August 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
In the authoritarian playbook, rewriting collective memory is just this critical strategy for controlling the masses," Hajar Yazdiha..."
#Pinks
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#Pinks
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"A CLASP study from 2018 found that children as young as 3 experienced behavioral changes–like frequent crying, separation anxiety, and sleep problems–due to the loss of a parent or the fear of losing a parent. www.clasp.org/publications...
Our Children’s Fear: Immigration Policy’s Effects on Young Children | CLASP
Our country's children are living in fear. This report documents how the current immigration context is impacting our nation’s youngest based on focus groups in six states.
www.clasp.org
September 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"A CLASP study from 2018 found that children as young as 3 experienced behavioral changes–like frequent crying, separation anxiety, and sleep problems–due to the loss of a parent or the fear of losing a parent. www.clasp.org/publications...
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There's a moment in the Trump regime's America 250 propaganda that takes a swipe at the 1619 Project as "revisionist history."
Well, about that ...
Well, about that ...
ANNOUNCING: America 250 Civics Education Coalition
YouTube video by America First Policy Institute
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September 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There's a moment in the Trump regime's America 250 propaganda that takes a swipe at the 1619 Project as "revisionist history."
Well, about that ...
Well, about that ...
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CUNY @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is hiring two tenured associate professors in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies! Review of applications begins October 1. See link for more info.
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Jobs | City University of New York
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September 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
CUNY @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is hiring two tenured associate professors in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies! Review of applications begins October 1. See link for more info.
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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A reading list for building durable organizations for both short term survival and long term social transformation.
They're Organized; We Need to Be Organized, Too
Trump and his far-right acolytes wield their power to disinvest from public services, terrorize our neighborhoods with ICE agents, and ensure that opposition to genocide becomes a fireable, and d...
www.haymarketbooks.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A reading list for building durable organizations for both short term survival and long term social transformation.
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If you are employed and feel bad for people losing their careers over politics you share with them, there is one thing and one thing only you can do to help them: FIND THEM WORK. Use EVERY lever of power you have to FIND THEM WORK. Don’t send them job apps, MAKE A JOB FOR THEM. That’s ALL they need
September 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If you are employed and feel bad for people losing their careers over politics you share with them, there is one thing and one thing only you can do to help them: FIND THEM WORK. Use EVERY lever of power you have to FIND THEM WORK. Don’t send them job apps, MAKE A JOB FOR THEM. That’s ALL they need
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📢Hot off the presses by Profs @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social and Courtney Boen at Social Forces @sfjournal.bsky.social examining racialized affective politics in the wake of police violence: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
The affective strategies of White unknowing: how police violence reveals the expression of racialized emotions on Twitter
Abstract. Racism shapes the ways racialized actors and groups feel about the social world, but how does racism get reproduced through affective politics, t
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September 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢Hot off the presses by Profs @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social and Courtney Boen at Social Forces @sfjournal.bsky.social examining racialized affective politics in the wake of police violence: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
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Friends I’m running a 5K in Brooklyn on October 12 as a fundraiser for Gaza & UNRWA. If you can, join us or donate here!
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2025 NYC Gaza 5K
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September 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Friends I’m running a 5K in Brooklyn on October 12 as a fundraiser for Gaza & UNRWA. If you can, join us or donate here!
getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...
getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...
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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
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Colloquium on Black and Indigenous Women's History 👇🏾
September 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Colloquium on Black and Indigenous Women's History 👇🏾
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🚨 Job! 🚨
Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).
Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655
Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!
Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).
Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655
Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!
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September 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨 Job! 🚨
Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).
Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655
Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!
Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).
Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655
Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!